IL-2 Full Mission Builder Question

XabbaRus · 03-22-08, 07:34 PM

In the FMB is it possible to copy a flight so I can set up one and then copy and paste to avoid going through the hassle of setting up flights that need to have the same flight path?

HunterICX · 03-22-08, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

In the FMB is it possible to copy a flight so I can set up one and then copy and paste to avoid going through the hassle of setting up flights that need to have the same flight path?

as far as I'm aware of it.

No.

you will have to do it for each Wing (1 - 4 aircrafts)
I know its a big pain in the butt.
still I could be wrong, but I did it all by hand.
but you will get used to it and it will go quiker

HunterICX

tater · 03-22-08, 11:30 PM

There are 3d party apps for building missions using templates, not sure if they work for aircraft though. The mission file is text, so it uses that. They are available at the standard places for il-2 stuff, I think. Check the ubi mission builder's forum FAQ sticky.

tater · 03-23-08, 10:10 AM

In the STOCK FMB, this is sadly impossible. It was asked to have copy and paste, grouping, and rotating groups since day one, but those were HUGE coding issues apparently. Huge. "Not possible." Be sure.

It was certainly NOT fixed by someone who has no official tools. I mean, that would be silly to hobble the mission builders for years with something so trivial to fix. C'mon, what have the mission and campaign builders ever done to improve Il-2? Why throw them a bone when it might take 30 seconds in wordpad to make it happen. Poor use of precious resources, right? That 30 seconds would make 1:1,000,000,000,000th of a DM for BoB.

So by all means, don't consider doing that which is unspeakable so that the FMB can have basic functionality added to it.

tater

tater · 03-24-08, 10:16 AM

Just venting. This has been fixed using S@#$$ M&! (edited out for the overly sensitive). The FMB has always had copy/paste, grouping, etc, 1C just never turned it on for player use, only map makers. Nice, huh?

Wonder how many hundreds of hours campaign builders wasted for lack of simple copy/paste and grouping functionality THAT WAS ALREADY CODED but not turned on.

=0 a couple places, unhappy, overworked players making a better sim. =1 happy players making the sim better, faster. Nah, just leave it set to =0 to screw with them!

/rant

tater

03-22-08, 07:34 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	IL-2 Full Mission Builder Question In the FMB is it possible to copy a flight so I can set up one and then copy and paste to avoid going through the hassle of setting up flights that need to have the same flight path? __________________

03-22-08, 11:30 PM	#3
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	There are 3d party apps for building missions using templates, not sure if they work for aircraft though. The mission file is text, so it uses that. They are available at the standard places for il-2 stuff, I think. Check the ubi mission builder's forum FAQ sticky.

03-23-08, 10:10 AM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	In the STOCK FMB, this is sadly impossible. It was asked to have copy and paste, grouping, and rotating groups since day one, but those were HUGE coding issues apparently. Huge. "Not possible." Be sure. It was certainly NOT fixed by someone who has no official tools. I mean, that would be silly to hobble the mission builders for years with something so trivial to fix. C'mon, what have the mission and campaign builders ever done to improve Il-2? Why throw them a bone when it might take 30 seconds in wordpad to make it happen. Poor use of precious resources, right? That 30 seconds would make 1:1,000,000,000,000th of a DM for BoB. So by all means, don't consider doing that which is unspeakable so that the FMB can have basic functionality added to it. tater

03-24-08, 10:16 AM	#5
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Just venting. This has been fixed using S@#$$ M&! (edited out for the overly sensitive). The FMB has always had copy/paste, grouping, etc, 1C just never turned it on for player use, only map makers. Nice, huh? Wonder how many hundreds of hours campaign builders wasted for lack of simple copy/paste and grouping functionality THAT WAS ALREADY CODED but not turned on. =0 a couple places, unhappy, overworked players making a better sim. =1 happy players making the sim better, faster. Nah, just leave it set to =0 to screw with them! /rant tater